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Social networks spanned thousands of square kilometers during the Upper Paleolithic period, study finds

  • January 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Social networks spanned thousands of square kilometers during the Upper Paleolithic period, study finds
Researchers from several European institutions, led by scientists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Alcalá, have demonstrated that the hunter-gatherers who inhabited the interior of the Iberian Peninsula during the Last Glacial Maximum (between approximately 26,000 and 19,000 years ago) were part of large-scale social networks capable of connecting vast territories in western Europe.

Originally published at Phys.org

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